OTHER VIEWS: THE READERS HAVE THEIR SAY.

Losing the close ones

September 18, 2004|By Joanne Striley.

CHICAGO — It seems the Cubs have decided either to win big or lose miserably, no middle ground. I guess you have to respect that. It follows a certain logic. You want to pass with flying colors or just scrape through. What do they call the student who got C's in medical school? Doctor.

I for one am tired of eating my liver over wretchedly punishing one-run games (in which they have a fairly disgraceful 16-24 record).

I was momentarily distracted from this angst by the prospect of football starting up, but then I remembered . . . oh yeah, the Bears.

Fine, I say. Cubs: Get shut out or win by double digits. Or do both in one day, as in the Sept. 10 doubleheader with the Marlins. This is Chicago, after all, a city where the minor leagues give out ice scrapers in August. Not because "you never know," but, oh, because you do.